The Geometry and Physics of Knots

"The exposition is admirably lucid and elegant and I cannot imagine a better introduction, for graduate students and the more experienced, for mathematicians and physicists, to the large amount of high-powered mathematics required...As a source of insight this book is marvellous." Nature "For those with some of the background...Atiyah's book is a marvelous appetizer, an invitation to delve more deeply. For the interested scientist who is not directly involved, there is still the pleasure of the safari in the hands of an excellent guide." American Scientist "...provides an invaluable commentary for mathematicians to Witten's important paper 'Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial'..." Steven Rosenberg, Mathematical Reviews "The exposition is taut and the writing simple, elegant, and to the point. It is in fact a tour de force of single-minded and jargon-free exposition...we are dealing here more with poetry and inspirational writing than with the prose of everyday mathematics, and in this spirit, it is a pleasure to recommend this little volume to one and all." Raoul Bott, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society